RT Journal Article
T1 Effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and meteorological variables on the annual Alcarria honey production in Spain
A1 Salvo-Tierra, Ángel Enrique
A1 Báez, José Carlos
A1 García-Soto, Carlos
A1 Real-Giménez, Raimundo
A1 Márquez-Moya, Ana Luz
A1 Flores-Moya, Antonio
K1 Apicultura
K1 La Alcarria - Clima - Observaciones
AB La Alcarria is one of the most significant regions for honey production in Spain. Times series data of the annualAlcarria honey production from 2000 to 2013 revealed that the total production was highly variable ranging fromca. 60,000 kg in 2000 to almost three times as much in 2011, but without a remarkable trend through time. Wehypothesized that these local fluctuations in honey production may be explained by broad-scale climatic patterns.Based on the multiple linear models, we found a significant positive relationship between honey production as afunction of the overall means of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index and precipitation in January, whichaccounts for 80% of the variability in the Alcarria honey production. We propose that the effect of a negativephase of the NAO and precipitation in January could predict the Alcarria honey production a few monthsin advance.
PB Taylor & Francis
YR 2019
FD 2019-07-05
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36868
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36868
LA eng
NO José Carlos Báez, A. Enrique Salvo, Carlos García-Soto, Raimundo Real, Ana Luz Márquez & Antonio Flores-Moya (2019): Effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and meteorological variables on the annual Alcarria honey production in Spain, Journal of Apicultural Research, DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2019.1635424
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026